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6.32—(1) This Section of this Part—
(a)applies to the service in England or Wales of any court process in connection with civil or commercial proceedings in a foreign court or tribunal; but
(b)does not apply where the Service Regulation applies.
(The Service Regulation is annexed to the relevant practice direction)
(2) In this Section—
(a)“convention country”—
(i)means a foreign country in relation to which there is a civil procedure convention providing for service in that country of process of the High Court; and
(ii)includes a country which is a party to the Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extra-Judicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters signed at the Hague on 15 November 1965; and
(b)“process server” means—
(i)a process server appointed by the Lord Chancellor to serve documents to which this Section applies, or
(ii)his authorised agent.
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